Phones

[trooperiziz]

Moving in to the new house pretty soon and being as we are moving from a 1 storey flat to a 3 storey house, there is no way i'm running up and down stairs all day to answer the phone.

Any suggestions for a 3 pack of digital cordless phones with answering machine? I've had a look in Argos and the like, but there must be a cheaper/better quality option?

[Plotloss]

Panasonic

[pdV6]

Anything DECT that you can pick up cheaply - just register the various handsets to the base unit.

We have a Panasonic base unit with corded handset and answerphone built in. Also have a Panasonic "mobile" handset that can operate the answer phone remotely plus an old BT "mobile" handset. All works as well as you'd hope. Only fly in the ointment is the handsfree operation on the base unit being a bit cr4p. Handsfree on the Panasonic handset is fine though.

[deva link]

3rd'd, for Panasonic. Speech quality is perfect - the only issues I have are with the display on ours:
1) It's tough to see the caller's name/number (but apparently there's a version which shouts out the name/number!!)
2) Ours has built in answerphone and it's not obvious (unless you specifically look) that you've got a message waiting.

Edited by deva link on Monday 11th September 14:41

[trooperiziz]

www.telephonesonline.co.uk/_multi_handset_phones.asp

No panasonics on here though, but can anybody recommend any of these? Prices seem pretty good.

In particular, any opinions on one of these three options?

BT Freestyle 2500 Trio Digital Cordless Phones
www.telephonesonline.co.uk/details.asp?prodID=887&title=Multi+Handset+Phones

Philips DECT 2253 Trio Digital Cordless Answer Phones
www.telephonesonline.co.uk/details.asp?prodID=1217&title=Multi+Handset+Phones

BT Studio 1500 Triple Digital Cordless Answer Phone
www.telephonesonline.co.uk/details.asp?prodID=1124&title=Multi+Handset+Phones

Edited by trooperiziz on Monday 11th September 15:22

[dern]

I've just bought a set of 2 BT 2500s and the sound quality of the phones and the recording is really really bad and renders your messages virtually undecipherable.

[trooperiziz]

dern said:

I've just bought a set of 2 BT 2500s and the sound quality of the phones and the recording is really really bad and renders your messages virtually undecipherable.

Scratch those from the list then!

[dern]

trooperiziz said:

dern said:

I've just bought a set of 2 BT 2500s and the sound quality of the phones and the recording is really really bad and renders your messages virtually undecipherable.

Scratch those from the list then!

Let me know what you go for and how they turn out please.

Thanks,

Mark

[munky]

I'm more than happy with my NTL phones - smaller than panasonic with a better looking base. Good answer machine and too many useful functions to list. However when I went to buy a set for the girlfriend I couldn't find them anymore, so I bought the panasonics instead and they are very good

[mcflurry]

I have had a Panasonic dect phone since Graham Alexander Bell invented them It was about £90 in its day, and still performs flawlessly

[bobthemonkey]

yet another vote for panansonic

DECT and work beautifully. 3 for £65ish - John Lewis